Rod carton



Nov. 21, 1961 R. D. wAssERMAN 3,009,62l

ROD CARTON Filed June 20, 1960 I INVENTOR Rene. Wasserman ATTORNEYSUnited States Patent O 3,009,621 ROD CARTON Ren D. Wasserman, Stamford,Conn., assgnor to Eutectic Welding Alloys Corporation, Flushing, N.Y., aCorporation of New York Filed June 20, 1960, Ser. No. 37,124 3 Claims.(Cl. 229-11) This invention relates to a carton for packaging anddispensing rod-shaped objects, and it more particularly relates to sucha carton for welding rods and the like.

Various telescopic cartons have been proposed for packaging rod-shapedobjects such as pencils, cigarettes and weldng rods. However, in most ofthese existing cartons, the inner tray must be slid a distance out ofthe outer casing to obtain access to the rods. This makes it necessaryto slide the tray back into the outer casing to close the carton. Whenvery few rods are used at a time, these opening and closing movementsare troublesome.

'An object of this invention is to provide a rugged, simple andeconomical carton for packaging rods which can easily be opened andclosed.

In accordance With this invention, a tray which slides snugly into andout of a tubular casing having a substantially rectangular cross sectionhas one end which extends a short distance outside of the casing whenits other end is inserted fully within it. A lid-shaped extension issecured to the top of the casing and disposed above the open top of theextending end of the tray for enclosing it. This lidshaped extension andthe extending end of the tray are respectively joined to the top andbottom of the casing and tray by yieldable seams, and their sides areseparable in line with these seams to permit the lid-shaped extensionand extending end of the tray to be folded back away from each otheralong them. The end of the carton, therefore, opens like a dragons mouthto facilitate access to the ends of the rods packaged within it withoutthe necessity of sliding the tray out of the casing. The casing,therefore, almost automatically recloses after a rod is removed.Furthermore, the separable sides of the extensions may be perforated andscored to maintain the carton sealed without using an adhesive before itis broken for removal of the first rod.

Novel features and advantages of the present invention will becomeapparent to one skilled in the art from a reading of the followingdescription in conjunct-ion with the accompanying drawings whereinsimilar reference characters refer to similar parts and in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of this invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken through FIG. 1 along the line2-2;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 2 showing the carton inone opened condition;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 3 in another openedcondition;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged side view in elevation of a portion of theembodiment shown in FIG. l; and

FIG. 6 is another side view in elevation of the portion shown in FIG. 5after one of the perforated and scored seams is broken.

In FIGS. l and 2 is shown a carton 10 of the telescopic type forpackaging and dispensing rods 12 which are, for example, welding orbrazing rods. Carton 10 is, for example, made of a sheet material suchas cardboard, and it includes a tubular casing 14 having a substantiallyrectangular cross section Within which a tray 16 snugly slides. Tubularcasing 14 includes a top panel 18, side panels 20 and a bottom panel 22.Tray 16 includes a bottom panel 24, sides 26 and a back or end panel 28which includes a back extension 30 folded over a portion of the open topice 32 of the tray to help confine the lback ends 34 of the rods withincarton 10.

One end 36 of the tray extends a short distance outside of carton 10when its other or back end 3x8 is fully inserted within the casing. Alid-shaped extension 40 is joined to the top of casing 12 and disposedabove the open top 32 of the extending end 36 of tray 16 for enclosingit. Lidshaped extension 40 includes sides 42 and a front end 44 whichclosely fit over sides 46 and front end 48 of tray end 36 when thecarton is closed as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. Reinforcing fasteners 49are, for example, used to secure and strengthen the corners oflid-shaped extension 40, tray 16 and its extending end 36.

Lid-shaped extension 40 and extending end 36 are respectively joined tothe top panel 18 and bottom panel 24 of casing 14 and tray 16 byyieldable seams 50 and 52. These yieldable seams are, for example,provided by scoring panels 18 and 24 which respectively incorporate thetop panels of tubular casing 14 and tray 16.

Sides 20 and 42 of tubular casing 14 and its lid-shaped extension 40 aretemporarily connected by scored and perforated seams 54 to maintaincarton 10 in a sealed condition before it is opened by a customer or auser. When scored and perforated seams 54 are unbroken, this is anindication to a purchaser that the contents of the carton have not beentampered with without the necessity of using any adhesive type seals.This sealing is facilitated by the covering of any open edge of tray 16at the rear of the carton by back extension 30.

Sides 26 and 46 of the tray 16 and its extended end 36 are also joinedby scored and perforated seams '56 for the same reason. However, scoredand perforated seams 56 need not be broken when it is desired to slidetray 16 a substantial d-istance out of casing 14 in the manner shown inFIG. 6 for abstracting a large number of the rods one after the otherwhen the box is resting upon a horizontal surface. However, when onlyone or a few rods are to be abstracted, it is more convenient to utilizethe carton in the condition shown in FIG. 3 where lid-shaped extension40 and extending end 36 of tray 16 are folded away from each other toprovide an opening similar to a dragon's mouth. This open mouth almostautomatically closes after a rod is abstracted and the user's hand iswithdrawn. |Only a slight closing pressure is then necessary to guidethe open ends of the carton together to close it after the rod iswithdrawn.

The enlarged view in FIGS. 5 and 6 show the conditions of separableseams 54 and 56 before and after the outer seam 54 is broken to provideaccess to the carton.

What is claimed is:

1. A carton for storing and dispensing rods comprising a tubular casinghaving a substantially rectangular cross section, a tray including abottom and sides and also having a substantially rectangular crosssection inserted to slide snugly into and out of said casing, one end ofsaid tray having a closed end and extending a short distance outside ofsaid casing when its other end is fully inserted, a lid-shaped extensionsecured to the top of said casing and being disposed above the open topof the extending end of said tray, said lid-shaped extension havingsides and a closed end and fitting closely over said extending end ofsaid tray for enclosing it, said lid-shaped extension and the extendingend of said tray being respectively joined to the top and bottom of saidcasing and tray by yieldable seams in line with each other, and thesides of said lidshaped extension and extending end of said tray beingseparable in line with said yieldable seams to permit said lid-shapedextension and extending end of said tray to be folded back away fromeach other along said yieldable seams at an acute angle to provide readyaccess to the contents of said carton Without the necessity of slid-ingsaid tray out of said casing.

2. A carton as set forth 'in claim 1 wheren said yieldable searns areprovided by scoring panels which respectively form both the top of saidcasing and lid'shaped extension and both the bottom of said tray and itsextending end.

3. A carton as set forth in claim 1 Wherein said separable sides areprovided by perforating and scoring them to References Cited in the fileof this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Countryman Aug. 18, 1936

